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Usman Khalid
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Lenovo ThinkPad X230 (2012): The first Ivy Bridge Core i5 laptop is out – Part 2

The screen-lid is not buckle attached in the front but a magnet inside the bezel does the trick, it can be thumb opened. The metal hinges provide strong support to screen and longevity as well. Due to the fact the lid is not attached in a MacBook-manner, behind the rear end of the dock, it […]

Lenovo ThinkPad X230 (2012): The first Ivy Bridge Core i5 laptop is out – Part 3

Lenovo X230 becomes the first laptop to incorporate the new Core i5-3320M processor. The standard issue has the dual-core processor clocked at 2.6 GHz. The high-end option has Ivy Bridge Core i7 quad-core CPU clocked at 2.9 GHz. The new processor is supported by 4 GB of DDR3 RAM that is a standard for every […]

Sports car owners! Here’s the thing … no 3G no connected car

There might not be a Ferrari dealership in Pakistan, not even enough Ferraris for that matter but there is a market that constitutes about one percent of the population. There are petrol-heads and gear-heads in Pakistan, this is undeniable and they like fast rides, not only the Italian brands. But, what good are these cars […]

Research in Motion freeze share trade at Nasdaq for fifteen minutes

The company is expecting operating losses in the first fiscal quarter, says CEO Thorsten Heins The beleaguering smartphone manufacturer, Research in Motion, froze the trade of its shares at Nasdaq on Tuesday. The trading however, started again after a fifteen minute interval. In a statement CEO Thorsten Heins released to explain the action taken, he […]

Starbucks Coffee manages customer traffic in a unique way at ‘Third Place’ – Part 1

Starbucks Coffee has been running a twisted road and the very tarmac that the company paved the road with is giving it the bumps. Yes, it is their own concept of Starbucks being the ‘Third Place’ is giving them a hard time in managing the foot traffic and accommodating them in the closed and limited […]

Starbucks Coffee manages customer traffic in a unique way at ‘Third Place’ – Part 2

It is not a new concept though. There have been many places in the past that have been a man’s third place, a coffee shop, a bar, a billiard club or a deli for that matter. What Starbucks did was dwell on the deficiency of a centralized and systematic organization of such third places. Free […]

Starbucks Coffee manages customer traffic in a unique way at ‘Third Place’ – Part 3

“Changing the business model from third places to speed lane stops will not change the underlying human psychological need,” said Suzanne Roff, PhD, an industrial psychologist. “The value added to a cup of Starbucks coffee is the safe, unhurried comfortable environment that is not home or the workplace. This has become its brand identification.” If Starbucks […]

Internet addiction: A hoax now proved to hold staggering truth – Part 1

Personal computing started to find its footing in the technology world in early 80s. Though it came to Asia later in that decade, much late in South Asian countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, it spread like fire in the jungle in the streets. However, almost every person in the contemporary world has been affected by […]

Internet addiction: A hoax now proved to hold staggering truth – Part 2

The concept of emails gave birth to text chatting, which instigated the concept of audio chatting which was closely followed by video communications. However, that was last century. The new world has new concepts of social networking that simply seems to be irresistible to the human kind, after all human being is a social animal. […]

Internet addiction: A hoax now proved to hold staggering truth – Part 3

However, the rest of the world, especially the West, is caught in thick of it. The recent survey conducted on a sample space of 35 people from the age of 14 to 21 was made subject to eight questions. This oral investigation was followed by their brain scans that revealed a lot to the researchers. […]

Pakistan mobile communication market still waiting for 3G wireless network launch – Part 1

It has been more than six months that the public has heard about any advancements in the licensing of the wireless technology The current world is moving toward mobile computing and personal computers, desktops and laptops are just bound to be household articles. Tablets and smartphones offer everything from content writing to web browsing and […]

Pakistan mobile communication market still waiting for 3G wireless network launch – Part 2

The world is thriving on 3G and 4G (HSPA+ and LTE) for communicating with each other. Researches have shown that most of the communication done on platforms like Facebook and Twitter are through mobile devices because they are always with the users. In Pakistan, the idea is still in its nascent stages. The story of […]

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